Posts by tepidpoultry

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There is always one!

by Isambard Crater in

jw
friends

i am pimo but attended the r.c yesterday for family pressure reasons.

a "sister" i've not seen for a while told me her husband is overjoyed because a man he called on recently in the field service suddenly told him he wanted to attend the r.c.

the unusual thing is, this man is a millionaire having built a property portfolio.

tepidpoultry

I tried not to assess and report the financial standing of the people I called on, it just didn't seem right to me, I thought it personal information and irrelevant,

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conventions...

by zeb in

jw
friends

ah yes the convention is approaching.

wife is squirreled away with her wt books, her laptop and the tablet thing ..even at meals.. conversation is a word or two and not often.

spoken to.. doesn't answer.. and on return it will be grumps on for at least a week.. anyone else know this phenomenon?.

tepidpoultry

In RC accounts, to emphasize the seriousness of doing everything right, were told that the conventions, more than any other source, was where the Society collected most of their funds,

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$$$$

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Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

by Chook in

tax collector guy might help out..

tepidpoultry

Esau would be cool, Bronze Age prototype Biker Dude, good for laughs and very useful if anyone gives me a hard time!

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

Was just remembering playing with one of the "Theocratic Orchestras" In rehearsal I was caught tapping my foot, not sure if the conductor knew it was me or not but told the orchestra that "tapping was the musical equivalent of sinning against the spirit" I assume he's spinning in his grave right now,

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Question for those who went to the RC

by joe134cd in

i'm just curious with all the happy clapping that is now going on with the singing at the conventions.

what has been the reaction to it with the r&f.

has anyone ever commented that it reminded them of a pentecostal revival meeting.

tepidpoultry

I applaud this development and look forward to the next Aretha Franklin coming forth (tongue in cheek)

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The words I refuse to use

by Chook in

new system, brother, sister , kingdom hall, wordly person, in the truth .

there is a whole jw language that has to be deprogrammed..

tepidpoultry

Spiritual,

New World, New Order, Paradise, Spiritual Paradise (they keep changing this one lol)

Heavenly hope/ Earthly hope

Ministerial Servant IT'S NOT THE BIBLE HELLO!! LOL

And the number one pet peeve expression I am trying to never think about again STUMBLE/STUMBLING yuch

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JW Parents and kicking out their children

by NJ501 in

is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.

(even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).

do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?

tepidpoultry

Also, in regard to the question on whether jw parents are showing conditional love in kicking them out, they have been brainwashed (by use of videos recently) that such shunning is actually SHOWING CHILDREN A TYPE OF TOUGH LOVE!

This is truly twisted

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JW Parents and kicking out their children

by NJ501 in

is it a common practice for jw parents to kick their children out of the home, if the child doesn't want to be a jw.

(even though their not disfellowshipped they will still get kicked out for not going to meetings etc.??).

do other religions encourage kicking family members out this as well?

tepidpoultry

Churches don't generally make official rules as to when to expel their "rebellious" children, JW's are the same in this regard, there is a citation of the Law of Moses that says 'rebellious' children should be stoned to death and then allow parents and others to make their own application, If they say anything specific such as "young folks should not be allowed their driver's license before they get baptized" this is done verbally only, not in writing, so folks (governing body in this case) cannot be held accountable,

My father started threatening home expulsion when I was 15, I was out at 16, (although I was baptized at 15 I was disrespectful)

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